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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

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On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*

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  Total
Respond.^
<10 cigaretts/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,261 486 20.9 18.8-23.3 692 32.1 29.3-34.9 705 31.6 28.9-34.4 378 15.4 13.6-17.4
-Mtn. AHEC 188 45 18.3 12.9-25.4 64 37.3 28.2-47.3 51 29.6 21.2-39.5 28 14.8 9.5-22.5
GENDER
Male 75 15 12.7 7.0-22.0 30 49.1 34.7-63.7 15 22.6 12.1-38.4 15 15.5 8.0-28.1
Female 113 30 24.5 16.1-35.5 34 24.1 15.9-34.9 36 37.3 26.1-50.0 13 14.1 7.7-24.3
RACE
White 160 34 16.4 11.1-23.7 53 35.8 26.4-46.5 47 31.8 22.8-42.4 26 15.9 10.1-24.3
Other 28 11 37.7 16.7-64.6 11 52.0 25.8-77.2 4 6.5 2.0-19.1 2 3.8 0.7-18.7
AGE
18-44 65 15 12.8 6.9-22.4 28 40.3 26.2-56.3 15 32.2 18.8-49.5 7 14.7 6.9-28.5
45+ 123 30 23.4 15.4-33.9 36 34.5 23.6-47.2 36 27.1 18.4-38.0 21 15.0 8.7-24.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 100 19 15.4 8.9-25.2 33 33.0 21.2-47.4 32 39.4 26.8-53.5 16 12.3 6.7-21.6
Some College + 88 26 22.5 14.3-33.6 31 43.3 30.5-57.0 19 15.8 9.0-26.2 12 18.4 9.6-32.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 135 29 14.9 9.4-22.8 45 37.1 26.3-49.3 39 30.5 20.7-42.5 22 17.5 10.7-27.4
$50,000+ 35 12 31.6 16.8-51.3 12 41.6 23.4-62.5 8 19.4 9.0-36.9 3 7.4 1.6-27.6

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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